H3588A–כִּי–ki

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God blesseth thee;

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “that”כִּ֥י ki “for”

And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

and the Levite -- for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee -- and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relax his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

save when there shall be no one in need among you; for Jehovah will greatly bless thee in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it,

כִּ֛י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee; and thou shalt lend on pledge to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, [ergänzt: in that] which he lacketh.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.

כִּ֞י ki “for”

For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.

כִּ֣י ki “that”

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, -- because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, --

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”כִּ֤י ki “for”כִּי־ ki- “for”

Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, [ergänzt: in] serving thee six years; and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

כִּ֗י Ki “for”

But if there be a defect therein, [ergänzt: if it be] lame, or blind, [ergänzt: or have] any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God.

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”

Keep the month of Abib, and celebrate the passover to Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

כִּ֞י ki “for”

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread along with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste, -- that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

Seven days shalt thou hold a feast to Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah will choose; for Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy produce, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be wholly joyful.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Thou shalt not sacrifice to Jehovah thy God an ox or sheep wherein is a defect, or anything bad; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

כִּ֧י ki “for”

If there be found in thy midst in any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth what is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.

כִּ֣י ki “if”

When thou comest unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”